HomeWorldDesign - Architecture and Interior Design

New Zealand houses

Elegant Retreat with a Great Connection Indoor-Outdoor

September 27, 2015 / Contemporary Houses

Designed by the esteemed New Zealand studio W2, this residence showcases a blend of elegance and architectural innovation. Combining two distinct forms, this four-bedroom home optimizes the property to ensure urban privacy while also embracing open plan living that highlights both space and uniqueness.

Glade House, Modern Home with Raking Ceilings and Exposed Rafters

September 24, 2015 / Contemporary Houses

The Glade House project is a renovation of a late 1950’s residential dwelling in a bush glade setting in suburban Remuera. The house is modernist in style, typical of the period with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters. Fundamental to the re-design was the notion of providing “graduated connections” to the surrounding glade, physical and visual.